Gourmet Peanut Butter Recipes

The most sophisticated of the three desserts took third prize in The Peanut Buttery Dessert Contest. The matching of malt, peanut butter, bacon, and beer is perhaps odd, says third-place winner Sean Pera, “but when combined together, the saltiness, sweet, and bitterness acts as a true match.” It’s not odd to those of us who comb the country’s top restaurants looking for something that dazzles. This dessert does...but it takes a dazzling pastry talent (or great patience) like Sean’s to pull together.

1-1/2 cups white beer**Sean used the Hoegaarden brand, but if you can’t find it, look for any wheat beer,
weissbier or witbeer. Weissbier is the German word for white beer, a pale brew made
from wheat; witbeer is the Belgian word.